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🌟Meet Mauricio López Crespo, student at the Molecular Techniques in Life Science programme! The programme is a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholms universitet at the SciLifeLab in Stockholm, offering students the unique opportunity to study at all three institutions. 🔹Why did you choose this master’s programme at KTH? "Since the beginning of my studies, I knew I wanted to pursue a master’s degree abroad. Throughout my bachelor’s, I spent a lot of time working in labs at research hospitals around Mexico City, focusing mainly on wet lab techniques and gaining hands-on experience. But when the pandemic hit and labs shut down, I had time to reflect on my strengths and future direction. That’s when I discovered the world of bioinformatics and omics through a series of talks at my university. The MTLS program immediately stood out. It brings together life sciences and technology in a unique, interdisciplinary way. It’s designed for people like me – curious about biology, but eager to explore how data and computation can help solve complex problems. MTLS isn’t just about learning new techniques; it’s about changing the way we think about science." 🔹What do you want to do after graduating? "I’ve been lucky to gain experience in both academia and industry, and one of the things I really appreciate about the MTLS programme is how well it prepares you for either path. The skills and tools we’re learning are highly adaptable and valuable in many settings. That said, one thing has always been clear to me: I want to be at the forefront of scientific efforts tackling real-world health challenges. Whether that means working in a research lab, joining a biotech company, or even continuing my studies, I hope my next step allows me to apply what I’ve learned to something meaningful and impactful." 👉🏼 The application period is open between 16 October and 15 January. Read more: https://lnkd.in/diBkPBVH

Erik Kristiansson is awarded the Areas of Advance Prize 2025 by Chalmers University of Technology! Erik Kristiansson was recently appointed Co-Director of the SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS). Congratulations to Erik, and to co-awardees Fredrik Westerlund and Michaela Wenzel! 🎉 Chalmers Department of Life Sciences Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

How do we deploy trustworthy #AI in healthcare? This was the topic when clinicians, innovators, representatives from industry and academia recently met with decision-makers and funders at an event highlighting real-world experiences of AI development and implementation in healthcare. The event also showcased new models of co-creation between healthcare providers and industry, to lay the foundation for more ethical, effective, and collaborative AI innovation across Europe. “We are supporting AI development for healthcare, boosting AI innovation by making testing available across Europe, and also mitigating risks by guiding on ethical and legal perspectives as well as questions related to validation and certification,” said Daniel Lundqvist, Professor at Karolinska Institutet and Leader of the Swedish TEF-Health node. “I am proud to say that we in Sweden are the first to succeed in integrating the services of two different EU initiatives TEF-Health and EDIH into a coherent package of experts and consulting, health data services, testing facilities and methods and education and training. This will be beneficial for SMEs and Public Sector organisations,” said Sebastiaan Meijer, Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Project Coordinator of Health Data Sweden. Learn more here ↓ https://lnkd.in/dFwY9Ti4

❓𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭? That was the central question guiding the recent 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 course, jointly organized by VIB Training & Conferences and SciLifeLab. This interactive course brought together trainers and researchers to learn how to design and share training resources that are 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 (𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘙). The course was taught by Nina Norgren and Ineke Luijten, PhD of the NBIS – National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden at SciLifeLab, and experts from VIB Training & Conferences. Based on the ELIXIR FAIR Training Handbook, participants applied FAIR principles hands-on while developing new lessons and exploring the use of AI tools in training content creation. "𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘓𝘢𝘣 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘙 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘙 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰-𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘙 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯," said Alexander Botzki, VIB Training & Conferences / ELIXIR Belgium. Among the international participants, Assoc. Prof. Krish Rugchatjaroen, Ph.D., from Mahidol University, Thailand, highlighted the program's unique impact: "𝘈 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘙 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘕 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯," 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘳. 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘯. "𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯."   Curious to find out what other upcoming courses are planned? Check the VIB Training & Conferences website here: https://lnkd.in/eSHiBdrN. #FAIRdata #OpenScience #Training #LifeSciences #ELIXIR #SciLifeLab #VIB

Strategic partnership to accelerate #antibody and #CellTherapy development ↓ A new collaboration between CREATE Health, a translational cancer research center at Lund University, and the SciLifeLab Drug Discovery & Development (DDD) platform aims to fast-track the development of next-generation #cancer immunotherapies. “In practical terms, this collaboration allows us to move much faster. Instead of spending months or years setting up parallel systems, we can focus directly on advancing science,” says Sara Ek, Professor at Lund University and Center Director at CREATE Health. “It’s about making the best possible use of Sweden’s research resources,” says Kristian Sandberg, DDD Platform Co-Director. “By connecting the academic strengths at Lund University with national infrastructures like DDD, we can be more resource-efficient and stay competitive internationally.” Follow the link to learn more about the partnership. https://lnkd.in/dCupwsye SciLifeLab Lund

New DDLS Fellow: Lisandro Milocco! The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) continues to recruit outstanding early career scientists. Recent Fellow Lisandro Milocco, explores the principles that shape evolvability, the ability of organisms to generate variation that evolution can act upon. In our latest Q&A-style article, Lisandro talks about how combining biology with mathematics and computational approaches can help uncover how evolution can be better understood, predicted, and even guided. Lisandro Milocco will be joining the DDLS Evolution and Biodiversity research area, and Stockholm University. Learn more about the research and Lisandro ↓ https://lnkd.in/ddfj48WE Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

Researchers in Sweden will keep their access to AstraZeneca’s phenotypic compound libraries and expertise in screening and data analysis, since the SciLifeLab unit Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS) and AstraZeneca Open Innovation (AZ-OI) have renewed their collaboration. “The collaboration with CBCS generates unique insights into novel biology through close partnerships with researchers across Sweden. By leveraging the capabilities of the CBCS screening facility, AstraZeneca’s compound collection can be tested on complex assays at scale to explore novel disease targets and mechanisms, through mutually beneficial collaborations” says Pamela Hill, Head of AstraZeneca Open Innovation. Learn more about the compound library and get examples of previous projects here ↓ https://lnkd.in/dwgDe_ZY

Erdinc Sezgin to receive the Biophysical Society’s Early Independent Career Award! "Society’s recognition of our curiosity-driven science gives us a lot of energy to continue exploring the big mysteries of our tiny cells using biophysics," says Erdinc Sezgin. Sezgin’s research combines chemistry, physics, biology, and computer science to explore how the biophysics of cells shape health and disease. Since 2020, he has led his laboratory at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab, and he is currently an EMBO Young Investigator and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. Learn more about Erdinc and the award ↓ https://lnkd.in/dcgpwm8e

We are excited to announce that we are now fully operational in cell line development for GMP production, by signing an agreement with Merck Life Science for their CHOZN® cell line platform. The cells are in house and we are ready to go! 🏃♂️➡️ 🧫 We are breaking new ground in Swedish Life Science with this, which was made possible through BRIDGE Sweden, a project funded by Swelife through Vinnova. https://lnkd.in/di4c6vzf #celllinedevelopment #antibodydevelopment #drugdevelopment SciLifeLab

Call for Academic and Industrial PhD Projects in Data-Driven Life Science: Applications Now Open The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is pleased to announce that the 2025 call for PhD projects within academia and industry is now officially open. We invite Principal Investigators to submit proposals for innovative data-driven research projects and training opportunities for PhD students in these strategic areas. For more information on the application process and deadlines, please visit: Academic PhD Project call -> https://lnkd.in/dh8AetQx Industrial PhD Project call -> https://lnkd.in/d2WZQy-v Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse